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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "loses the thread",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "losing the thread",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lost the thread",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "lost the thread",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lose<,,lost> the thread"
},
"expansion": "lose the thread (third-person singular simple present loses the thread, present participle losing the thread, simple past and past participle lost the thread)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To get distracted and lose track of something (one's train of thought, a conversation)."
],
"id": "en-lose_the_thread-en-verb-Ddk6ZHvs",
"links": [
[
"distracted",
"distracted"
],
[
"lose track",
"lose track"
],
[
"train of thought",
"train of thought"
],
[
"conversation",
"conversation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To get distracted and lose track of something (one's train of thought, a conversation)."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "lose one's thread"
},
{
"word": "pick up the threads"
},
{
"word": "lose the plot"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "de draad kwijt zijn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pudota kärryiltä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perdre le fil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "den Faden verlieren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "elveszti a fonalat"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perdere il filo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gubić wątek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zgubić wątek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perder o fio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "terjátʹ nitʹ",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "теря́ть нить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poterjátʹ nitʹ",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "потеря́ть нить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perder el hilo"
}
]
}
],
"word": "lose the thread"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "loses the thread",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "losing the thread",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lost the thread",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "lost the thread",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lose<,,lost> the thread"
},
"expansion": "lose the thread (third-person singular simple present loses the thread, present participle losing the thread, simple past and past participle lost the thread)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "lose one's thread"
},
{
"word": "pick up the threads"
},
{
"word": "lose the plot"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English verbs",
"Translation table header lacks gloss"
],
"glosses": [
"To get distracted and lose track of something (one's train of thought, a conversation)."
],
"links": [
[
"distracted",
"distracted"
],
[
"lose track",
"lose track"
],
[
"train of thought",
"train of thought"
],
[
"conversation",
"conversation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To get distracted and lose track of something (one's train of thought, a conversation)."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "de draad kwijt zijn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pudota kärryiltä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perdre le fil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "den Faden verlieren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "elveszti a fonalat"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perdere il filo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gubić wątek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zgubić wątek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perder o fio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "terjátʹ nitʹ",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "теря́ть нить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poterjátʹ nitʹ",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "потеря́ть нить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "perder el hilo"
}
],
"word": "lose the thread"
}
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